Sunday, August 21^st

By Shashank Joshi Associate fellow, Royal United Services Institute In early January 1943, Field Marshal Montgomery decided "there was only one thing to do - crash on to Tripoli". Drawing on three divisions from Benghazi, and attacking from multiple ...

By DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN, Texas -- No issue is closer to the heart of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign than his claim to be responsible for the state's impressive record of creating jobs. Is he? The answer is less black and white than a ...

GAZA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The armed wing of the Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday claimed responsibility for firing four rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The rocket-fire came despite efforts by the Hamas government ruling Gaza to cool down ...

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI AP TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran's chief prosecutor confirms that two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges that include espionage. ...

Former Alaksa Governor Sarah Palin speaks during a television appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 12, 2011. By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania father and son were arrested on Thursday on charges they made ...

In this April 15, 2011, photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, walks to a meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors at the 2011 Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington ...

Beginning of Story Content A 737 passenger jet crashed Saturday near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, in Canada's High Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others on board. Nunavut RCMP said First Air charter flight 6560 was travelling from Yellowknife ...

Vice-president tells Chinese students that US remains "best bet" for investment and will rein in high debt. The United States will never default on its debts, Joe Biden, the vice-president, said on the final day of an official visit to China dominated ...

North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il on Sunday received a red carpet welcome in the Amur region where he also toured a hydro power station ahead of talks with President Dmitry Medvedev. Kim on Saturday kicked off a week-long secrecy-wrapped visit ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — An activist on a hunger strike to demand that Indian lawmakers pass his anti-corruption bill said Sunday that his supporters comprise a "people's parliament" above the nation's elected assembly. Anna Hazare vowed during his sixth day ...

BY Jonathan Lemire President Barack Obama, with his daughters Malia Obama, right, and Sasha Obama, not seen, waves as they leave the Bunch of Grapes book store where the President stocked up on novels. Perhaps looking to escape the realities of harsh ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Irene threatened to lash the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the Dominican Republic by Monday night. As of 2 am ET, Irene was about 125 kilometers (75 ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A UN humanitarian team arrived in Syria over the weekend to examine the effects of President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown against anti-government protesters. The team is meeting with humanitarian and government officials ...

By Michael A. Fuoco, Diana Nelson Jones, and Lillian Thomas PITTSBURGH - A total of 2.1 inches of rain fell in an hour Friday during the evening rush in Pittsburgh, said Rihaan Gangat, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. ...

by Dan Nowicki, columnist - Aug. 21, 2011 12:00 AM Jesse Kelly, the Republican challenger who gave US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords a tough fight last year, is keeping his 2012 campaign on hiatus despite a potential GOP rival's decision to form an ...

By TIM PERONE A 22-year-old Washington Heights woman, her mom and grandmother were all killed yesterday in a devastating car wreck in eastern North Carolina as the women and five other relatives were driving home from Disney World, state police said. ...

Former Alaksa Governor Sarah Palin speaks during a television appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 12, 2011. By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania father and son were arrested on Thursday on charges they made ...

By Mike Lillis - 08/21/11 05:15 AM ET President Obama's move to halt deportations for thousands of illegal immigrants will resonate with Latino voters only to the extent that he backs it up, immigration reform advocates warned this week. ...

SALISBURY -- After striking for two weeks, Verizon landline workers are expected to return to work Monday night without a new collective bargaining agreement. Officials from Verizon and the unions have agreed employees should return to work under the ...

Activistas y analistas políticos de Texas mantienen opiniones divididas sobre las posibilidades que tiene el gobernador Rick Perry, de llegar a convertirse en presidente de Estados Unidos. Perry anunció el fin de semana su candidatura por el Partido ...

More than a million young people who camped out at a Spanish air base for Pope Benedict XVI's final Mass at the church's youth festival have awoken to sunny skies, hours after a fierce thunderstorm forced the pope to cut short his remarks and damaged ...

By Maria P White, CNN (CNN) -- A shooting after an NFL preseason game in San Francisco left two people hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The incident happened Saturday night outside Candlestick Park parking lot, ...

By AP, JACKSON, Miss. — A white teen charged with capital murder in the hit-and-run death of a black man in Mississippi is being held in isolation from other inmates. The Clarion Ledger reports that Hinds County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

Entertainment News from AP By Sandra Chapman - bio INDIANAPOLIS - The tragedy at the Indiana State Fair is now prompting calls for change not just in Indiana but nationwide. Crowd safety expert Paul Wertheimer has seen the result of questionable ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

（中央社記者黃名璽、林紳旭台北21日電）總統馬英九 23日將赴金門紀念八二三砲戰53週年，民進黨主席蔡英 文也選在23日發表十年政綱的兩岸篇，雙英對決中最受 矚目的兩岸議題提前交鋒。 府方人士表示，馬總統日前已在多個公開場合提到 ，台灣應扮演5種角色，分別是和平締造 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A teachers union is challenging a new Missouri law that limits teachers' contact with students on social networks. The Missouri Teachers Association said it filed suit Friday against the state and two officials seeking an ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - One man died as storms and a suspected tornado roared across northern Wisconsin on Friday night, cutting off power to around 2000 homes, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management said. "At around 5 pm we had an apparent ...

1 of 8. Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre Adrian Pracon poses for a picture in front of Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. By Benjamin Ree and Gwladys Fouche OSLO/UTVIKA (Reuters) - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the ...

Activistas y analistas políticos de Texas mantienen opiniones divididas sobre las posibilidades que tiene el gobernador Rick Perry, de llegar a convertirse en presidente de Estados Unidos. Perry anunció el fin de semana su candidatura por el Partido ...

By Stephen Clark Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren will decide after Labor Day whether to challenge Republican Scott Brown, the US senator from Massachusetts and a top Democratic target in 2012. Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren's likely entry into ...

Entertainment News from AP By Sandra Chapman - bio INDIANAPOLIS - The tragedy at the Indiana State Fair is now prompting calls for change not just in Indiana but nationwide. Crowd safety expert Paul Wertheimer has seen the result of questionable ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

（中央社記者黃名璽、林紳旭台北21日電）總統馬英九 23日將赴金門紀念八二三砲戰53週年，民進黨主席蔡英 文也選在23日發表十年政綱的兩岸篇，雙英對決中最受 矚目的兩岸議題提前交鋒。 府方人士表示，馬總統日前已在多個公開場合提到 ，台灣應扮演5種角色，分別是和平締造 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A teachers union is challenging a new Missouri law that limits teachers' contact with students on social networks. The Missouri Teachers Association said it filed suit Friday against the state and two officials seeking an ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - One man died as storms and a suspected tornado roared across northern Wisconsin on Friday night, cutting off power to around 2000 homes, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management said. "At around 5 pm we had an apparent ...

1 of 8. Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre Adrian Pracon poses for a picture in front of Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. By Benjamin Ree and Gwladys Fouche OSLO/UTVIKA (Reuters) - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the ...

By Stephen Clark Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren will decide after Labor Day whether to challenge Republican Scott Brown, the US senator from Massachusetts and a top Democratic target in 2012. Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren's likely entry into ...

Entertainment News from AP By Sandra Chapman - bio INDIANAPOLIS - The tragedy at the Indiana State Fair is now prompting calls for change not just in Indiana but nationwide. Crowd safety expert Paul Wertheimer has seen the result of questionable ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

（中央社記者黃名璽、林紳旭台北21日電）總統馬英九 23日將赴金門紀念八二三砲戰53週年，民進黨主席蔡英 文也選在23日發表十年政綱的兩岸篇，雙英對決中最受 矚目的兩岸議題提前交鋒。 府方人士表示，馬總統日前已在多個公開場合提到 ，台灣應扮演5種角色，分別是和平締造 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A teachers union is challenging a new Missouri law that limits teachers' contact with students on social networks. The Missouri Teachers Association said it filed suit Friday against the state and two officials seeking an ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - One man died as storms and a suspected tornado roared across northern Wisconsin on Friday night, cutting off power to around 2000 homes, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management said. "At around 5 pm we had an apparent ...

1 of 8. Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre Adrian Pracon poses for a picture in front of Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. By Benjamin Ree and Gwladys Fouche OSLO/UTVIKA (Reuters) - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the ...

By Tracy Montgomery President Obama took a three day bus tour this week of several Midwestern states to talk to Americans about the problems with the economy. The President drew criticism from many elected officials, mostly Republican, regarding the ...

Activistas y analistas políticos de Texas mantienen opiniones divididas sobre las posibilidades que tiene el gobernador Rick Perry, de llegar a convertirse en presidente de Estados Unidos. Perry anunció el fin de semana su candidatura por el Partido ...

By Stephen Clark Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren will decide after Labor Day whether to challenge Republican Scott Brown, the US senator from Massachusetts and a top Democratic target in 2012. Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren's likely entry into ...

Entertainment News from AP By Sandra Chapman - bio INDIANAPOLIS - The tragedy at the Indiana State Fair is now prompting calls for change not just in Indiana but nationwide. Crowd safety expert Paul Wertheimer has seen the result of questionable ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

（中央社記者黃名璽、林紳旭台北21日電）總統馬英九 23日將赴金門紀念八二三砲戰53週年，民進黨主席蔡英 文也選在23日發表十年政綱的兩岸篇，雙英對決中最受 矚目的兩岸議題提前交鋒。 府方人士表示，馬總統日前已在多個公開場合提到 ，台灣應扮演5種角色，分別是和平締造 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A teachers union is challenging a new Missouri law that limits teachers' contact with students on social networks. The Missouri Teachers Association said it filed suit Friday against the state and two officials seeking an ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - One man died as storms and a suspected tornado roared across northern Wisconsin on Friday night, cutting off power to around 2000 homes, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management said. "At around 5 pm we had an apparent ...

1 of 8. Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre Adrian Pracon poses for a picture in front of Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. By Benjamin Ree and Gwladys Fouche OSLO/UTVIKA (Reuters) - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the ...

Activistas y analistas políticos de Texas mantienen opiniones divididas sobre las posibilidades que tiene el gobernador Rick Perry, de llegar a convertirse en presidente de Estados Unidos. Perry anunció el fin de semana su candidatura por el Partido ...

By Stephen Clark Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren will decide after Labor Day whether to challenge Republican Scott Brown, the US senator from Massachusetts and a top Democratic target in 2012. Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren's likely entry into ...

Entertainment News from AP By Sandra Chapman - bio INDIANAPOLIS - The tragedy at the Indiana State Fair is now prompting calls for change not just in Indiana but nationwide. Crowd safety expert Paul Wertheimer has seen the result of questionable ...

A pilot with the world famous Red Arrows display team was killed when his plane came down during a performance at the Bournemouth Air Festival. The pilot Jon Egging is being hailed as a hero for steering the stricken jet way from houses and into an ...

（中央社記者黃名璽、林紳旭台北21日電）總統馬英九 23日將赴金門紀念八二三砲戰53週年，民進黨主席蔡英 文也選在23日發表十年政綱的兩岸篇，雙英對決中最受 矚目的兩岸議題提前交鋒。 府方人士表示，馬總統日前已在多個公開場合提到 ，台灣應扮演5種角色，分別是和平締造 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A teachers union is challenging a new Missouri law that limits teachers' contact with students on social networks. The Missouri Teachers Association said it filed suit Friday against the state and two officials seeking an ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - One man died as storms and a suspected tornado roared across northern Wisconsin on Friday night, cutting off power to around 2000 homes, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management said. "At around 5 pm we had an apparent ...

1 of 8. Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre Adrian Pracon poses for a picture in front of Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. By Benjamin Ree and Gwladys Fouche OSLO/UTVIKA (Reuters) - Adrian Pracon was determined to return to the ...